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Acqui-hiring — Wikipedia (en)

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Acqui-hiring is the acquisition of startups or other small companies primarily to acquire human capital. The term acqui-hire (a portmanteau of "acquisition" and "hire") was coined in 2005. The phenomenon gained widespread attention in the 2010s due to media coverage of tech firms, although acqui-hiring has been reported in a variety of industries. With acqui-hiring, the company is aiming to acquire not only talented individuals but a cohesive group of people that are productive jointly. The capital expenditure of purchasing may be more tax advantaged compared to employee poaching. Compared to other mergers and acquisitions, acqui-hires are smaller and faster. Acqui-hiring is most likely when talent is scarce. In acqui-hiring, the company's product is of at most secondary interest and is often killed shortly after the acquisition. The company usually tries to retain the employees and founder; the process of integration and retention is key to the success of the strategy. The benefits of these acquisitions compared to other forms of hiring is unclear.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Acqui-hiring» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acqui-hiring
Wikidata Q4674764: «practice of acquiring a company to recruit its employees (rather than for its assets or business)» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4674764
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